Nonfiction 'The past is never past,' a personal essay published in the Mekong Review, August 2022. 'This Night Has a Long Way To Go,' a personal essay published in the Berlin Quarterly, November 2021. Empty Delhi,' an essay published in the Mekong Review, April 2021. 'Why India Needs an army of good teachers,' an essay published in The Financial Express, January 27, 2020 The Hindu has collected all the articles I have written for them over the years in my Author Page. 'The Punjab Elections And The 1984 Riots That Weren't...', an essay published in The Huffington Post, January 20,2017 'Why India Cannot Afford To Forget The 1984 Riots', an essay published in The Huffington Post, December 9, 2016. ''Dead Fathers,' a personal essay published in Litro, Vol. 153, a leading literary magazine based in London on 7th June 2016. 'Delhi: 21st Century City,' an essay published in World Literature Today, May 2016. 'Love Departed,' an essay published in Litro, a leading literary magazine in London on February 7, 2016. 'A Refugee Soul,' a personal essay published in Litro, a leading literary magazine in London on December 8, 2015. 'Arranged Love,' a personal essay published in Litro, a leading literary magazine based in London, on August 29, 2015. `Kejriwal has not entered politics to make money' The Times of India on February 18, 2015. 'Kal is tomorrow,' a piece of creative nonfiction published in World Literature Today, January 2015 issue 'English vs Hindi? 4-year degree? Higher education mired in the wrong debates,' an essay published in Firstpost on August 15, 2014 ''A lesson for Kejriwal: Agitation and jail won't make anyone a statesman,' an essay published in The Times of India on June 2, 2014. ''Changing Colours of Racism,' an essay published in The Hindu on March 12, 2014. Republished in The Himalayan Mirror, and in The Gulf Today, UAE, under the title 'Racism Scourge in India too' on March 13, 2014 'Dear Brother: Letter to a dead brother,' a personal essay published in Firstpost on January 12, 2014 'Is India setting all its fears aside and exhibiting a will to act?,'  an essay published in The Times of India on January 8, 2014 'Memorial', a piece of creative nonfiction published in Litro, a leading London literary magazine on December 21, 2013 "Don't betray the dream, an essay published in The Hindu on December 17, 2013 Lest We Forget, an essay published in The Hindu on November 26, 2013 Will the 2013 Man Booker go to the 'novel' novel?, an essay published in Firstpost, October 14, 2013 Transcending Divides, a, essay published in The Hindu Magazine, September 14, 2013 Remember the moonwalk - Times of India, September 2, 2013 'Lessons in Loss: A Delhi Postcard,' Firstpost, July 10, 2013 'A Father's Day remembrance: The army officer who would not talk about war', Firstpost, June 16, 2013 'Ethics matter' an essay published in Frontline, February 9-22, 2013 'Anomaly was his middle name,' an essay published in The Hindu Magazine, December 8, 2012. Ending the Silence, an essay published in Frontline, November 3-16, 2012 ‘The dilemma of media ethics’, an essay published in The Hoot, www.thehoot.org, December 30, 2011. ‘Indian Diary’, Spiked Magazine, Number 16, Norwich, UK, June 2005. ‘Go West, Young Man: The Indian Writer’s Catch-22’, an essay published in Of Narratives, Narrators, Edited by Rajul Bhargava and Shubhshree, Rawat Publications, Jaipur, India, 2004. ‘Because of ethnicity, he wasn’t ‘supposed’ to teach journalism’, an essay published in The Seattle Times, United States, May 7, 2000     Journalism 21st century India has a Victorian mindset, Dec 25, 2012,  "The Times of India".. ‘I disapprove of self-indulgence…’, an interview with Nilanjana Roy, The Hindu Literary Review, August 5, 2012. ‘Many summers later…’, The Hindu Magazine, July 14, 2012. ‘I don’t hunt for the picture’, an interview with eminent photographer Sebastian Cortes, The Hindu Magazine, May 19, 2012 ‘Anything but impartial reportage’, The Hindu Literary Review, April 2, 2012 ‘Aliterates, wake up’, The Hindu Education Plus, 26 March, 2012 ‘Tales from Hira Mandi’, The Hindu Magazine, 25 February, 2012 ‘Consuming Violence’, The Hindu Magazine, 18 February, 2012 ‘Jaipur losing its soul?’, The Hindu Magazine, 28 January, 2012 ‘Reality is not in the realism’, an interview with Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri, The Hindu Magazine, January 28, 2012 ‘Old stereotypes surface again’, The Hindu Magazine January 21, 2012 ‘Make your voice count’, The Hindu Magazine, January 1, 2012 ‘No one like him’, The Hindu Magazine, December 11, 2011 ‘Elusive Top’, The Hindu Magazine, October 15, 2011 ‘I generally find writing quite difficult’, an interview with Pakistani author and journalist Mohammad Hanif, The Hindu Magazine, October 1, 2011 ‘A tale of two Marathas’, The Hindu Magazine, September 10, 2011 ‘Prisoners of the past’, The Hindu Magazine, August 13, 2011 ‘The will to change?’, The Hindu Magazine, 23 July, 2011 ‘A travesty of education’, The Hindu Magazine, 25 June 2011 ‘When society failed the artist’, The Hindu Magazine, 18 June 2011 ‘Beyond Prejudice’, The Hindu Magazine, February 25, 2007 ‘Extreme Prejudices’, The Hindu Magazine, 28 January 2007 ‘The West’s Demons’, The Pioneer, 21 December 2005     The Creative Writer column for The Hindu Literary Review   Literature of Loss, August 31, 2013 Gone forever, July 6, 2013 Living the Agony, June 1, 2013 With a backward glance, May 4, 2013 Repository of Memories , April 6, 2013 At the short end , March, 03, 2013 Damning indictment, February 2, 2013 Using the you,' December 2, 2012 A win for nostalgia, November 3, 2012 Escapist fantasy' , October 6, 2012 ‘Wordcraft at its best', September 2, 2012 ‘Why you should begin well’, July 1, 2012 ‘Winning the numbers game’, June 2, 2012 ‘Absurd meets sinister’, May 5, 2012 ‘Engaging with the world’, April 2, 2012 ‘Conditional Freedom’, March 3, 2012 ‘Crime pays, in fiction’, January 1, 2012 ‘Go with the heart’, December 4, 2011 ‘It’s a dice game’, November 5, 2011 ‘Pitch it right’, September 3, 2011 ‘Plotting a thriller’, August 6, 2011 ‘Primacy of plot’, July 4, 2011 ‘Give stories a chance’, June 5, 2011 ‘No easy task’, May 1, 2011 ‘Know the characters’, April 3, 2011 ‘Look around…’, March 5, 2011 ‘The right words’, February 5, 2011

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